Meet the Researchers
The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) has supported almost 200 researchers to do applied research in the Northern Forest in diverse interest areas.
Learn about some of the NSRC researchers and explore their projects below.
Dr. Dan Bogan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Siena College, where he enjoys integrating his research with teaching undergraduate courses that span Environmental Science, Biodiversity, Urban Wildlife, and Wildlife Conservation, and Applied Wildlife Research. Dan’s research explores the spatial ecology and behavior of wildlife, particularly coyotes and fisher, to understand how animals are responding to suburban and urban development. His applied research seeks to better understand human–wildlife interactions as a means to reduce or prevent conflicts to maintain human valuation of wildlife species. Dan holds a PhD from Cornell University, a MS from SUNY University at Albany, and a BS from SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry.
In his free time, Dan enjoys hiking with his family in the Adirondacks and Rensselaer Plateau and taking his two children fishing during the warm summer months.
Project(s):
Forest Characteristics and Impacts on Mammalian Diversity in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Dr. Kim Coleman is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at SUNY Plattsburgh. She received a B.S. and a M.S. from the University of Vermont in environmental studies and natural resources, respectively. She also holds a Ph.D. in forest resources and environmental conservation from Virginia Tech. She is an interdisciplinary scholar working on questions related to collaborative forest planning and management, sustainability education, equity, and cultural ecosystem services.
Her current projects include 1) examining social impacts of increased mountain bike recreation on the Northern Forest Region, 2) investigating interventions to increase environmental literacy among BIPOC students, and 3) exploring private forest landowner’s perceptions of the connection between forest management and water quality, In all of these projects, Kim draws on her broad training as a social scientist and applies mixed methods approaches to her research. She enjoys mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students. In her spare time, you can find Kim spending time with her husband, their two children, and their border collie, Pepper, and racing cyclocross.
Project(s):
Social Impacts of Recreational Mountain Biking in Northern Forest Communities
Dr. Anthony D’Amato is a Professor and Director of the Forestry Program at the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. With expertise in silviculture and applied forest ecology, Tony’s research interests center on evaluating the efficacy of traditional and experimental silvicultural strategies at meeting the increasingly diverse range of forest management objectives on public and private land.
His specific research areas include: understanding the developmental dynamics and productivity of natural and managed forest systems, particularly within the context of changing global conditions and societal objectives; identifying factors affecting natural regeneration dynamics; and investigating the nature and influence of plant competitive interactions on long-term patterns of tree growth and forest structural development.
Project(s):
Forest Management to Increase Northern Forest Climate and Pest Adaptation
The ongoing and projected threats from climate and land use change pose unique challenges to populations, species, and ecosystems. Dr. Alexej Sirén’s research leverages ecological theory and novel field and quantitative methods to address these challenges and better understand natural phenomena. Alexej enjoys working with a diversity of scientists, including climate modelers, ecohydrologists, forest ecologists, and managers to ensure that knowledge is co-produced and utilized in a meaningful and impactful way.
His current and ongoing projects include developing efficient and robust tools to monitor climate and wildlife and identifying factors that influence populations along species’ range limits. Upcoming research, funded by NSRC, will use drone-based LiDAR/imagery to identify and predict forest structure attributes that support early- and late-successional species. He is excited to work with a dynamic team to develop tools that can be used to inform forest and wildlife management decisions in the Northern Forest. Alexej is a post-doctoral associate at the University of Vermont.
Project(s):
Drone-Based LiDAR to Predict Density and Occurrence of Snowshoe Hare and American Marten
Dr. Adam Wymore is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. He is a broadly trained ecosystem ecologist and watershed scientist interested in how global change influences ecosystems and water resources. Field sites include watersheds through New England (including the local Lamprey River Hydrological Observatory in New Hampshire) and in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Adam is the Principal Investigator of the ECOSHEDS lab group and Assistant Director of New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center.
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